The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts

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The Nichols-Estabrook Fine Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers, Essex County, Massachusetts, Circa 1770

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January 19, 09:11 PM GMT

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3,000 - 5,000 USD

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The Nichols-Estabrook Fine Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers

Essex County, Massachusetts

Circa 1770

Appears to retain its original cast brass hardware and possibly its original surface; with old paper label on reverse inscribed John Nicholls Estabrook, Salem House, Oct. 1936.

Height 32 1/2 in. by Width 40 in. by Depth 21 in.; Case Width 37 in.

Descended in the Peirce-Nichols family of Salem, Massachusetts;

Probable line of descent:
Ichabod Nichols (1749-1839) m. Lydia Ropes (1747-1835);
George Nichols (1778-1865) m. Sarah Pierce (1780-1835)
George Nichols (1809-1882) m. Susan Farley Treadwell (1810-1892);
John White Treadwell Nichols (1852-1920) m. Mary Blake Slocum (1854-1943);
William Mansfield Estabrook (1877-1950) m. Helen Slocum Nichols (b. 1880);
son, John Nichols Estabrook (1914-1984);
sister, Laura Estabrook (1918–2001);
Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania, February 23, 2002, lot 401.

Maine Antiques Digest, April 2002, p. 38-A.